New team and books optimizing

This week is an exciting one for me. I joined the SQL Source Control team in Redgate after more than 2 years in SQL Monitor. I really needed a change and this was a perfect time as the company just finished a big painful reorg with the intent of creating more autonomous self-organizing teams.

The biggest lesson I learnt since i joined Redgate is how much the people in your team can affect your life, confidence and mood. I decided to optimize for people instead of the product. I wanted to worked with people I respect and who share values closer to mine (see My Dream team). I am looking forward to live the new team.

Other random things I learnt:

If you want to navigate to implementation in Visual Studio using ReSharper you can click the left mouse button while you press CTRL + ALT. If you only click CTRL you navigate to the interface instead of the actual implementation. I think this trick can save you some time.

I subscribed for a trial of Safari Books Online as it seems quite good. I usually tend to read books cover to cover but since I have a toddler I realized that this approach do not scale and lead to frustration. Also I want to start looking at books just as a resource instead of as goals.

I created an account on Blinkist to read leadership, management and self-development book summaries and I am liking it a lot.

I also joined the PhilosophersNotes where I download podcasts to listen while I drive to work. The content provided by Brian Johnson is truly awesome and I know is going to be an incredible resource going forward.

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Andrea Angella

I am a Microsoft MVP and Senior .NET Engineer in Redgate Software. My peers describe me as really enthusiastic, motivated with an infinite passion for software development, a relentless desire to keep learning and an amazing ability to involve others in my pursuit of excellence. I am a proficient C# developer and founder of the Cambridge .NET User Group: the official community on .NET in Cambridge.

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